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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 27, 2012
Applicants:

Lee F. Hartley, Valencia, CA (US);

Roger S. Meier, Canyon Country, CA (US);

Glen A. Griffith, Newbury Park, CA (US);

Tracey L. Kruger, Saugus, CA (US);

R. Tissa Karunasiri, Valencia, CA (US);

Scott A. Crawford, Castaic, CA (US);

Frank Nigro, Valencia, CA (US);

Inventors:

Lee F. Hartley, Valencia, CA (US);

Roger S. Meier, Canyon Country, CA (US);

Glen A. Griffith, Newbury Park, CA (US);

Tracey L. Kruger, Saugus, CA (US);

R. Tissa Karunasiri, Valencia, CA (US);

Scott A. Crawford, Castaic, CA (US);

Frank Nigro, Valencia, CA (US);

Assignee:

Advanced Bionics AG, Staefa, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2013.01); H04R 25/43 (2013.01); H04R 25/556 (2013.01); H04R 25/558 (2013.01); A61N 1/36032 (2013.01);
Abstract

An exemplary apparatus for use with an auditory prosthesis system includes a housing, a connector port disposed at least partially within the housing and configured to be communicatively coupled to an auxiliary audio input device, a telecoil disposed at least partially within the housing, and a multi-position switch disposed at least partially within the housing and configured to selectively enable the auxiliary audio input device and the telecoil. The auxiliary audio input device is enabled and the telecoil is disabled when the switch is in a first position, both the auxiliary audio input device and the telecoil are enabled when the switch is in a second position, and the telecoil is enabled and the auxiliary audio input device is disabled when the switch is in a third position. Corresponding apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.


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